On Nov. 10th, Miniature Curiosa will transform the parking lot of Hemisfair Park into a drive-in theater like no other. It’s a Friday night, and five teens are about to journey through one unsettling evening at the movies. Audiences are invited to grab a radio from the concession stand and tune into the teen scream drama as they peer into the windows of a 1990 Honda Accord. Or, simply change the dial to experience the evening’s obscure silent film, The Clown Was Stung By Wasps. Using a real car, audio transmitted via handheld FM radios, and live-projecting video cameras filming the movie live on-site, this brand new outdoor spectacle promises to be our most ambitious to date.

The Clown Was Stung By Wasps is part of San Antionio's Luminaria festival. The show will take place at 8:00pm and 10:00pm in the parking lot of Hemisfair Park [S. Alamo Street].

In this darkly funny live-action comic book, cameras zip through tiny illustrated worlds made visible through real-time projection. A lonely puppeteer stalks the child of two notorious celebrities, a three-foot ghost plagues an eight-year-old boy’s fragile psyche, and an opera-singing landlord refuses to return a security deposit. The show is supported in part by The Jim Henson Foundation. Recently, the show received Outstanding Puppet Show at the San Diego Fringe Festival.

Following one man’s relentless efforts to build a fantasyland inside of a swamp, this marvel promises moonlit puppets, live projection technology, and of course, an entire amusement park in less than ten-feet of space. The production recently finished a run during Charleston's Piccolo Spoleto Festival where critics called it “...one of Piccolo Spoleto's most daring and inventive shows in years”, and promised audiences “you’ll spend an entire hour in wide-eyed wonder”.

Supported by a grant from Rackspace's Rack Gives Back, Miniature Curiosa and S.M.A.R.T. present Moon City for free. That's right! No admission fee! In the heart of San Antonio's Lone Star neighborhood, Miniature Curiosa will remount this swampland fantasy for all! One performance only. 7pm.

Miniature Curiosa returns to PURE Theatre following their Charleston debut with Tonight A Clown Will Travel Time(2014 Piccolo Spoleto Festival). Loosely based on the life of amusement park revolutionary Frederick Ingersoll, Moon City follows Ingersoll’s obsessive endeavor to create an impossible wonderland in the untamed swamp. This two-person performance promises puppets, a thousand light bulbs, and of course, an entire amusement park in less than ten feet of space.

Miniature Curiosa performs at a favorite Tampa haunt as part of a special event with the incomparable Johnny Zoom Hi-Fi Show. Zach brings An Excruciatingly Ordinary Toy Theater to the Mermaid Tavern for one night only. In his newest puppet spectacle, Zach Dorn weaves lost journal entries into peculiar tales by manipulating digital cameras through toy-sized streets filled with paper puppets. More information here.

Miniature Curiosa is back in Tallahassee An Excruciatingly Ordinary Toy Theater for one night only. In his newest puppet spectacle, Zach Dorn weaves lost journal entries into peculiar tales by manipulating digital cameras through toy-sized streets filled with paper puppets.

Every Friday and Saturday night from March 20th to April 18th will offer a totally new experience. Seating in the parlor is very limited, with audience sizes only reaching about 30. Advanced ticket purchases are highly recommended: here. Shows can also be scheduled for parties, business meetings, weddings, and whatever your heart desires by contacting miniaturecuriosa@gmail.com.

Miniature Curiosa requests your attendance at the unveiling of The Toy Theater Parlor. Victorian families looked no further than their parlor rooms for theatrical entertainment. Mother and Father would swoon as Tiny Tim dazzled his audiences with his miniature paper sets. This is not that. This is the cabinet of curiosity inside your grandpa’s basement for an evening of paper, technology, and sensational storytelling.

Clown, archivist, and amateur scientist Albert Billows has built a time machine. Followed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, haunted by a bloodthirsty execution of a lawbreaking pachyderm, and inspired by a mysterious woman from a century earlier, Albert Billows escapes to the past in order to change the course of human history and finally do something useful with his life.

In the summer of 2013 Miniature Curiosa toured The United States to perform this spectacle in 17 cities, including Brooklyn, Key West, Santa Fe, San Antonio, Austin, and a bowling alley in Cleveland, Ohio. Tonight a Clown Will Travel Time received awards from The Pittsburgh Foundation and a Best of the Bay Award from Tampa's Creative Loafing. Miniature Curiosa is back, bringing Tonight a Clown Will Travel Time to Piccolo Spoleto.

"It’s rare to stumble across something in theater that truly feels original, and Miniature Curiosa—talk about a description perfectly captured in a name—is just that." - Theatre Jones (full review here)

In 2013, puppet troupe Miniature Curiosa came through San Antonio to perform their fast-paced live-action show, Tonight a Clown Will Travel Time. Now as resident artists with S.M.A.R.T, Miniature Curiosa brings San Antonio their latest puppet spectacle, Moon City. This marvel promises puppets, a thousand light bulbs, and, of course, an entire amusement park in less than ten-feet of space.

At WaterTower Theatre's Out of the Loop Fringe Festival, Dallas, Texas (March 12, 7:30; March 15th, 5:00; March 16, 5:00).

Clown, archivist, and amateur scientist Albert Billows has built a time machine. Followed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, haunted by a bloodthirsty execution of a lawbreaking pachyderm, and inspired by a mysterious woman from a century earlier, Albert Billows escapes to the past in order to change the course of human history and finally do something useful with his life.

In the summer of 2013 Miniature Curiosa toured The United States to perform this spectacle in 17 cities, including Brooklyn, Key West, Santa Fe, San Antonio, Austin, and a bowling alley in Cleveland, Ohio. Tonight a Clown Will Travel Time received awards from The Pittsburgh Foundation and a Best of the Bay Award from Tampa's Creative Loafing.

Miniature Curiosa is pleased to bring you their latest spectacle about a man who's got dreams so big they can only fit in the swamp. Moon City: An Ahistoric Tale Regarding a Historic Man in a Florida Swamp promises puppets, precariously hung light bulbs, and, of course, an entire miniature amusement park in less than ten-feet of space. In preparation for this swampland fantasy, we’d like to include a brief statement given at the ground-breaking ceremony by the mayor of Moon City himself, Mr. Frederick Ingersoll:

“Imagine you’re walking - no, make that trudging through the Florida swamp, the mud tickling your ankles after a long day of work, a long day of the same ole thing as yesterday. And suddenly, you are surrounded by the radiating light of the moon. But it’s not just any moon. It’s not even your moon. It’s a moon that’s brighter than any moon you’ve ever seen and any moon you’re likely to see again, unless you come back tomorrow. And I do hope you come back. Welcome to Moon City."

Moon City, An Ahistoric Tale Regarding a Historic Man in a Florida Swamp is the second play in Miniature Curiosa’s trilogy of plays about a man named Frederick Ingersoll. Not a piece of this play is fact; rather the entire romp is a make believe marvel regarding a man named Frederick.

This play kicks off Miniature Curiosa's 5 Cities, 5 Plays, 555 Days. This project promises to premiere five new plays in five different cities over the course of a year and a half.

During The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's 2013 First Night extravaganza, Miniature Curiosa will present It Was the Coldest Year at Catholic Charities (at 9th Street & Liberty). The show is 15 minutes long and will play at:

6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, and 10:30.

It Was the Coldest Year

A miniature city is created from medicine cabinets, desk lamps, Victorian dollhouses, and repurposed junk. Inside, amongst the tiny copper-wire trees and within the cramped bedrooms of the pocket-sized residents, puppeteer Zach Dorn reveals the miniature city’s hidden stories. Equipped with video technology, Dorn sends digital cameras through the cardboard streets, projecting puppet performances for children and adults alike. This is It Was the Coldest Year, an immersive one-of-a-kind puppet spectacle.

Dr. Douglas Irene is here to present his lecture entitled, Birds of America, A Brief description of the Birds of America, created by Dr. Douglas Irene. Please do not confuse this with a similarly titled body of work by a certain Audubon, for this lecture is filled with anecdotes and photographs of birds from Dr. Irene’s personal collection. Don’t mind the woman in the photos. That’s merely Margaret, Dr. Douglas Irene’s wife. Douglas and Margaret used to live in a house at the top of a lonely cliff against the soundtrack of a raging sea. Despite their distance from the rest of the world, Margaret never could escape the watchful eye of those birds of America. Poor Margaret.

Cameras soar through miniature scenery and frightful dreamscapes of Birds of America as Miniature Curiosa takes you on a multimedia exploration into scale and suspense.

Clown, archivist, and amateur scientist Albert Billows has built a time machine. Followed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, haunted by a bloodthirsty execution of a lawbreaking pachyderm, and inspired by a mysterious woman from a century earlier, Albert Billows escapes to the past in order to change the course of human history and finally do something useful with his life.